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UWBM Ornithology Collection

Specimen Records: 110,125
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-04-23

The ornithological collections at the Burke Museum are relatively modern, with more than 85% of the collection built in the past 20 years. These bird specimens are used for teaching, research, and art. We are particularly known for our special collections such as spread wings (the largest such collection in the world) and bird tissues (probably the world's second largest collection).

Contacts

Name Kevin Epperly
RoleCollections Manager
Emailkepperly@uw.edu
Name Kevin Epperly
RoleCollection Manager
Emailkepperly@uw.edu
Name David Bloom
RoleVertNet Coordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Alejandro Rico-Guevara
RoleCurator
Emailcolibri@uw.edu
Name Chris Wood
RoleColections Manager
Emailpuffinus@uw.edu
Name Kevin Epperly
RoleCollection Manager
Emailkepperly@uw.edu
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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96.973
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96.973
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96.42
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95.992
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95.527
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